[Quix]

I wasn’t aware I’d used any difficult vocabulary.

Which part of “acres of computers” and “massive list of keywords” do you have difficulty understanding?

My information came from my highly classified communications tech colleagues in my highly classified Navy communications job.

Such info has been abundantly confirmed by a diversity of sources since then.

Willful ignorance is not a good survival trait.

You are welcome to take the uninformed perspective, if you wish.

[Alamo-Girl]

I believe you are talking about Echelon which is widely known to exist though the workings of it remains a closely held secret.

[stuartcr]

Right, there are secret microphones in your home satellite box, just like the ones in everyones home PC and cable box. I bet it would be impossible to prove, due to it’s highly classified nature of course.